Program Vs.

Project Management

Project: has a beginning, and end and is uniquely defined to accomplish a very specific goal. In
essence, it is highly focused and has a defined scope and resources. As per PMI’s (Project
Management Institute) definition, a project has 5 process groups which are:

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitor & Control
• Closing

Program: PMI defines it as “A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain
benefits and control not available from managing them individually. Programs may include
elements of related work outside scope of the discrete projects in the program.”

Programs include

• A single product or deliverable

• Many product deliverables
• Can be a combination of ongoing support activity in addition to deliverables
• Usually focuses on business objectives and delivering value
• Benefit management

In essence, multiple projects can be rolled into a program based on their nature or shared goals.
Budgets, procurement and resource sharing may all be considered in aggregating programs into a
program and even aggregating it more into a portfolio. Financial Management companies such
as Private Equities and such use this methodology to help them manage their various investments
and revenue streams.

About SYBER:
Syber Enterprise Group Inc. is a management and information technology company based in
Washington, DC. SYBER currently supports federal government agencies in professional
services capacity. SYBER has proven and demonstrated experience in project and program
management, application development, cloud computing and has strong and specific experience
in Federal line of businesses. SYBER’s past performance, SDB and 8(s) status makes the
company uniquely aligned to provide services to the federal, state and local governments and
always available and ready to listen to potential and future clients.

www.syberenterprise.com